TRIAD Americorps Overview

TRIAD Service AmeriCorps focuses on providing support for economically disadvantage youth with disabilities through health education. TRIAD Service AmeriCorps members serve the partnering school districts in Forrest, Lamar, Harrison and Hancock Counties.

This year, 31 young people with and without disabilities will serve the community through TRIAD Service AmeriCorps. The members will participate in health education activities by going into the local high schools and middle schools to train youth with disabilities on exercise and nutritional goals. Using the HealthMatters curriculum, the program will incorporate the following principles of:

improving self-advocacy skills to promote good choices in staying healthy

Training, Resources, and Information for the Advancement of Disability (TRIAD) Service AmeriCorps, a program of the Institute for Disability Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi, is funded through the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service.